Dish The Dirt In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "Dish The Dirt", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Zesty Y calendar 2022-03-23 09:03

Meaning of Dish The Dirt

Dish The Dirt slang

To talk about other people’s private lives, often in an unkind or untrue way.

 

Mary has been dishing the dirt on her colleague for 2 hours.

He went crazy when hearing his best friend dishing the dirt on him.

When we were in college, we used to sit together and dish the dirt.

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Grammar and Usage of Dish The Dirt

Verb Forms

  • dished the dirt
  • dishing the dirt

The verb "dish" must be conjugated according to its tense.
 

Origin of Dish The Dirt

This slang dates from 1920s.

The Origin Cited: Internet .
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